Orange Is the New Black

Q & A

Before "Orange is the New Black," the HBO film "Stranger Inside" depicted the prison experience of a young African-American woman. Comparing the two, we can look at the larger issues of how race is portrayed onscreen and why diversity is most seen in texts centered on prison.

Orange Is the New Black

Stranger Inside

Q & A

Although it has been lauded as one of the most LGBTQ-friendly shows ever on television or the Internet, "Orange Is the New Black" is notorious for failing to acknowledge bisexuality as an option for its main character, Piper (Taylor Schilling).